Getting into the 'real estate never goes down' mentality can be pretty dangerous.

She may have a pay check to pay check mentality if she can not see how investing for the future is more important than here and now.

In my dad and moms instances once they become mentally incompetent you can’t do any of the steps I noted above.  

Boosting your posts and targeting your market heavily will help get traffic to the website. 

Remember if you can add value and boost rents in the next few years your cash flow gets better and the rate stays the same.

Additionally, the added benefit of being able to report a tenant's on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus to help them boost their credit score creates an added positive incentive for making sure they pay on time, every month. 

This may be a tad bit odd of a post, but I wanted to just post something to break the 'lurker' mentality and get my conversations going.

i think i needed a mental nudge.

"if it doesn't work out" not exactly Positive Mental Attitude.

Take the opportunity to paint both sides and do any work that can boost rent values.